Head of nuclear watchdog to visit Ukraine's Chornobyl next week


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  • Friday, 22 Apr 2022

FILE PHOTO: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi attends a news conference in Vienna, Austria, April 1, 2022. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

ZURICH (Reuters) - The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will visit Ukraine's Chornobyl dormant nuclear plant next week, the nuclear watchdog said on Friday.

Rafael Grossi will head an expert mission to step up efforts to help prevent the danger of a nuclear accident during the conflict in the country, the agency said in a statement.

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